HELLO! The guy used the words “Northport Docks” and “three”. The word three is not directly connected to the word insurgents. Now, can anyone think of someTHING else that might come into port and that there might be three of.

I wouldn’t read too much into the name given that there’s just too many places you can go with it. Scorpions aren’t generally considered nice creatures but between the zodiac and Scipio Africanus this guy just may be aloof but fair in his dealings. That, and we’ve already got an arrogant guy named Best and a bandit named Bandit, so hopefully we’re not going to be introducing Smarmy Smarmerson next.

I think panel 3 is full of ominous foreshadowing. That squirrel will harbor a grudge for that time he was startled and almost dropped his acorn, going on to gather up an army of adorable woodland creatures and lead them to devastating victory over the human[oid]s!

I would immediately believe that if the EEG signals had not shown the resurrections so clearly. If they simply had respawned as different characters it would not explain the carefully aligned offsets of the onsets, I guess.

I like Rachel the least, but, really, for me, this is the opposite scenario of when Campbell introduced a slew of new characters to “Fans”. Then, I only liked a few of the “new guard”. However, I came to like them all to some degree over time, so, for those on the fence, unless Phil and T. plan to feed them all to the wolves right away, maybe something similar will happen here, and these characters will become more and more affable as the plot goes on.

That said, Raeg (Scipio) is my favorite. His real name that Phil and T. gave him is pretty cool, too, but I really wish he had remained “The Man With No Name” so I could use my nickname for him all the time.

Like any good tank, Scipio is merely keeping tabs on the entire group, good situational awareness and all that. stirring things up a little is just his way of investigating what peoples intentions are. or I could be reading this all wrong in which case my point is moot.

“Guess we’ll have to keep gaining experience…” is the closest I’ve seen to a metagame reference from one of the protagonists in quite a while. It has the form of a dedicated roleplayer’s trying to put an in-character wrapper around a metagame problem.

Hmm. So far, we’ve had Birdserker, Lone Crab, and now Squirrel Nutkick. Two more, and we can have an all-animal team. Birdserker is obviously the fighter, and Nutkick is the rogue. Perhaps Crabby is the mage? And what of clerics? Will we see Rabbi Rabbit next?

trying to figure out how Scipio is stirring things up. Bandit told him abuncha stuff she probably shouldnt and he said “Guess we’ll have to earn their trust” and then makes a deadpan joke about how it was probably easier in life just being a thief.

Well he did mention guerilla insurgents. Guerilla suggests a small and non-regular unit, usually meant for sneak attacks and sabotage. Insurgents would hint that they have been there for awhile disguised as non combatants or otherwise seemingly harmless wouldn’t it?

Eh, the terms in D&D were named such so that they could be referred to directly in game without going of character…with the exception of the term “levels” ..there used to be an actual name for those. Nothing wrong to say you need more experience. The post-9/11 buzzwords though…Egh. At least, I’ve heard worse instances, like the entirety of Avatar.

I believe what he is referring to is the fact that ‘Guerrilla insurgents’ is an entirely redundant phrase, which no respectable media outlet would have used in the recent past, but which modern-day mainstream US media, oriented as it is towards the lowest denominator who would benefit from the repetition, is quite fond of. Guerrilla and Insurgent are after all more or less synonyms, are they not?

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